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THE ENGINEERING SOCIETY'S STUDENT FORUM

January 29, 1988
2
"00 you think englOeers are
nobs?"
The question in question was
taken from the Opus organizational
meeting advertisement. Opus is
"The Waterloo Science Students Fo-
rum" ( the science counterpart to
the Iron Warrior or maybe the En-
ginews), and the above question is
the only reference made to t.he pa-
per's philosophy in the advertise-
ment. ] found.
To alleviate any suspense that
may be building at. this time, let me
say that I will avoid this cleverly laid
"Take it too seriously" trap by rec-
On Friday January 20, of this
year, the rock hand, Teenagf' Head
played Federation Hall. Near the
end of the concert several fight.s
broke out, some people wer(' injured
a.nd everyone involved was asked to
leave Fed Hall for the night.
During the ]987 winter t.erm an-
other rock band, The Forgotten
Rebels, played Fed Hall, manage-
ment was concerned with the rowdi-
ness of the event and after warning
the crowd to calm down 60 people,
who were considered to he causing
the rowdiness, were asked to leave
for the night. Several incident.s of vi-
olence resulted. The band was con-
sequently banned from UW campus.
After the concert many complaints
were received and some people even
considered suing the university.
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Iron Warrior
ognizing that the Opus staff is just
looking for easy laughs that are t.o be
had by flogging a character stpreo-
type. Engineers are definitely fa-
miliar with this pract.ice as they a.re
probably guilty of it more I,han any-
one else. What I would like to do
is comment on the stereotyped view
of an engineer that was probably the
motivation for the above Opus ques-
tion.
Engineers seem to be viewed to
some degree as uncultured individ-
uals. This implies two things: that
engineers are loud and obnoxious;
and that they lack an appreciation
Both of t.hese bands play "high
energy" music. During their COII-
certs people tend to crowd near the
stage and "slam" dance. There is
definitely a correlation between the
rowdiness of these event.s and the na-
ture of the band'8 music. Organi:z,ers
should expect. these events to be a
little rowdier than an Anne Murray
concert. Management at Fed Hall
attempts to control the rowdiness by
preventing n slam" dancing. If peo-
ple begin to slam dance the bounc-
ers will move through the crowd and
ask these people to stop.
It is the universities mandate to
have things run as smooth as possi-
ble. Being sued doesn't fit into the
picture. If enough people disrupt
the university system through com-
plaints or suing the university will
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for I he arts and culture (T base this
second point a numher of personal
experiences with stereotype prej u-
dice) .
As for being loud and obnoxious,
most. of this reput.ation is proba.bly
earned as a restllt of the activities
which derive themselves from the
fact that engineerillg is a male dom-
inated, closely knil., and very hard
working fac.ult.y (work hard, play
hard). Although, as with anything,
some incidents may have been car-
ried too far, event.s like the march-
ing of the engineering band through
campus are harmless.
The question of an engineer's ap-
preciation [or art and culture is
much more distressing. Many stu-
dents would prefer to drop the re-
qllired 6 general studies electives in
lieu of more t.echnical courses. How-
ever, equally many engineers spend
a great deal of time diversifying
their int.erests heyond the reqllired
academic curriculum, which is com-
mendable considering the amount of
time that. thpy are requireci 1.0 spend
improving their technical skills. An
average engineering student knows
a..c; much, and probahly more, about
t.he othC'T ciisciplines on campus,
as t.he average st.lldent in anyone
of these faculties knows about en-
gineering. There also seems to
be developing, an at.t.ituue of ac-
tive concern by engineers regarding
their role in society as reOected in
the large enrollment of engineers in
courses such as STY 100.
Personally, I would like to see
even more OPPORTUNITY for en-
gineers to develop their cultural ap-
preciation and understanding. And
a..c; for Opus, it will probably be quite
funny, but I hope people recognize
the jokes as being just that.
t.ake action to eliminate the prob-
lem. The simple solution is to create
a set of rules restricting these events
like Teenage Head and The Forgot-
ten Rebels from campllS.
I view Fed Hall as a place to go
and let loose. J want bands like The
Forgotten Rebels ano Teenage Head
to return to Fed Hall. If we exppct
the university to cont.inue permit-
t.ing event.s like these we mllst obey
the rules that Fed Hall currently en-
forces.
January 29, 1988
Iron Warrior Staff
Editors
Ian Simpson
Kevin Moon
Layout Editors
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Michelle Wahl
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Neil Boyd
Michelle Fleming
Michael Lessard
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Harvey Watson
Andrea Martinko
Randy Raaflaub
reVolt
Bob Simpson
Montero
Jeff Murelock
Wrjte[1
Bill Lennox
Barb
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Brian

Kelly
Bouma
MaDniDg
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Chris Tague
Matt Snell
Jon DebUng
Lars Olthafer
Shayne Smith
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Huelson
Mier & Isaac
Bob Simpson
January 29, 1988 Iron Warrior
3
A Message from the Dean
by Bill Lennox,
Dean of Engineeri ng
January, I am required to
present a major report to a meeting
of all faculty - The Annual Faculty
Assembly. This year , t he meel.ing
was held on J anuary 18, 1988. The
report is a public document and one
part of it is summar ized in an ar-
t icle in th is issue. The repor t is in
t wo parts; t he first par t gi ves a sum-
mar y of t he Facul ty's accomplish-
ments d uring 1987 and the second
part addresses the issues we face in
] 988 and beyond , at least as viewed
from January, 1988.
By any standard, t he Faculty has
had an excepti onall y fine year . Out-
st anding students, at bot h t he un-
dergraduat e and graduate level, con-
till ue to appl y t o Waterl oo. Our first
year class continues, in terms of hi gh
school marks , to lead the province.
Nearly one half of our graduate st,u-
dents hold major scholarsh ips.
Appli cations to Waterloo have
steadil y increased over t he past four
years and, t.his year, we held our
while overall applications to EngI-
neering in Ontario have steadily dE'-
dined for the past five year.
Research income for facult.y
mains consistantly high . In facl., t.hls
year, the highlight thE'. award to
many faculty in EngmeerIng of ma-
jor parts of three new Ontario Cen-
tres of Excellence in the areas of In-
formaLion technology, manufactur-
ing and materials . Engineering fac-
ulty last year served on 58 national
or intern ational editorial boards or
counci ls.
We even bought over 1 mlll10n
doll ars worth of teaching equip-
ment, t he most we havE' spent in
years. The funds were provided oy
the computer enhancement fee, t he
Provinc.e of Ont.ario Exc('lIence F'u nd
all d alumn i donations.
In many ways, it was a banner
year, BUT t here are problems.
T he increase in qu ality or t he un-
dergraduate has led _t o significanLly
decreased failure rat. es , increases in
student numbers (1 4% ove r 10 yrs. ),
The Prez Says
by Matt Snell
Having the opportunity to use the
Enginewsletter to communicate to
you the comings and goings of the
society puts me in an advantageous
position . I am able to use my Iron
warrior article in a less administra-
tive and more editorial fashion.
Throughout initial stages of
my term in office I have been in-
volved in numerous engineering so-
ciety activities. I have attended
awards dinners, pubs, ski trips and
conferences and 1 have observed a
very interesting phenomenon. This
being that the ideal engineering un-
dergraduate experience seems to be
one in which a professional attitude
is tempered with a certain carefree
wildness .
The axiom "Work Hard Play
Hard" is a very appropriate one for
us. In a faculty which exacts high
academic standards and where one
measure of your prowess as an engi-
neering undergraduate is the speed
with which you can chug a beer,
t he balance of work and pl ay hE'-
comes very important,. An individ-
uals ability flnu the appropriate
measure of each is paramount. Thig
. balance will directly effect ones aca-
demic success and enj oyment of uni -
versity.
The phrase "a bunch of drunken
E'ngineers" is olle which is used quit,(,
often and represents the misconcep-
tion t hat we as an undergraduatE'
group wan t nothing more than a
rowdy ex istence. Many t hi nk that,
we use oll r school years to get, "par-
t. ied out" before enter ing on r profeg-
sion and proviui ng the level headE'd
service to t he publi c which is indica-
t ive of a pract icing enginc(>r . How-
ever , I beli eve t hat we a ll realizt'
our professional responsibiliti es be-
gill long before we walk out of ou r
last exam wiLlI five years of knowl -
edge crammed in our heads and an
iron ring a d orning ollr fingers.
This knowledge of our responsibil-
iti es manifests itself in our actions as
an unclergradu ate group. We may
have our pubs, scunts and boat races
but we also whole heart.ily lend our
support to the Universit. y il nu com-
nmnity through phoneathons, gr ad
gifts and Bus pushes . We enter both
types of events with equal zeal.
We have the good fortune of at-
tending an institution whi(:h has an
outstanding academic program as
well as excellent extra curricular ac-
tivities and good faculty spirit. We
have a student society which is com-
mitted to serving the students and
cOTTITTlnnity. Individuals who do not
at least sample a.1l of these aspects
of engineering at Waterloo are not
fulfilling t.heir potential for a well
rounded education .
We lead both a rebE'lIious and re-
sponsihle life during our five years
here and the balanced synthesis of
these two components is what 1 be-
lieve makes a good neer.
and 81\ i in t be size of t.he
graouating class (57% over 10 . ra) .
OUf freshmen dass siz(' over t.he cor-
responding period has, in fact, de-
frea.sE'd slightly ThE' prohlt'11I is that
the rE'somce hase of t.he Faculty has
egsentially not chilnged over the cor-
fE'sponding period.
Th(' one JIIillion dollar equipment
expenditure has helpE'd uut. in a
prE'vious r('port., I had est illlal,eo An
irnlllediat.e nE'eo of seven (,0 nine mil-
lion ciollars 1.0 upgrade and mod-
ernize OllT program. A selIior AD
thirty worksl.at ion Ia.boratory alone
is est.imat.E'd to cost. one mi lli olI dol-
lars. A more immediate problem is
t he mai nt. enance and operating costs
assoc iated with last year 's mi lli on
doll a r purchases. A Iso, as you well
know, t here is no comput.er fee this
year and there is no g1\8 ra nt.ee of F.x-
cellence funds . The university is not
able, and I,he province is not, wi ll -
ing, to acknowledge t.he high cost. of
the nE'W tE'chnologies for engineering
programs.
T hE' enginE'E'r ing progrilm at, Wa-
terl oo is t. he most expensive in the
country. YOII pay two thousand dol-
lan, more pE'T degrN' in direct. costs.
You also pay rnore indir('c tl y - five
yt'ars VE' rsus fOll r, t.i me cont raints of
a co-op program, etc. Thi s hilS to
be balanced against the benefi ts -
I,he direct benefit of eight, terms of
income - anci the indir('ct' benefi t,s -
job opport.unities, job experience,
highE'r starting salaries, rpdll ctlon of
"future shock" in terms of t he work-
ing environment, etc.
Waterloo 'engineeri ng has an ex-
cE'lIent reputation in Canad ian in-
d ust ry and, all t hi ngs considered , I
believe we prov ide an exceJJ ent edu-
cat ional program.
L I STEN CAR EFULL Y
o
o
o
II qualny is something you d(orn.1Od III
everything you buy. thr' M.lrtln l
Sequelloud!>PE'akN was dI'\lgl1l'd
ana bUilt expressly to (J(>hght you
Eight years of resear( h dna d(ovdop
ment went Into (,nd,ng the
{ilpable of produ<lng the ultlmM.
accurate recrpabon of the original
event from a to f4
happily Into rooms
Special lay-a-way terms
for co-op students
Trade-ins welcomed
Good used
available
From the first note to thP kI')I . IhP
Sequ<'llives the OOl)IIIal mU\lldl
expenerl( w4h astorllsl"flIl truth
At Mdrtlnt ogan. our dI,dlCaliOll 10
the pur>u!\ ofqualny MS. In few
year;. made our lOudlJ)eakers til('
flne;1 In the world
Lls!en carefully, you'll hear what
w('mean .
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Iron Warrior
P.A.C. Conference
by Chris Tague
A.r.E.O., C.S.P.E. , C.8.0.,
C.C.P.E. and E.I.C. do these leLt.ers
mean anything to you? If YOII are
all engineer, or studying to becol!le
one, perhaps, they shollid. Th(>sC'
five acronyms stand for five of thC'
many organi7.ations which organize.
alld sllpport. the EnginC'C'ring ProfC's-
sion in Ont-ario. On .J anuary 1:3, in
the lIumrnaniLi es theatre, Ill<'mbers
from each of the!'le organi7.at ions -
t.he Association of Professional En-
gineers of Ontario, the Canadian So-
ciety of Professional Engineers, Con-
sulting Ellgineers of Ontario, Cana-
dian Council of Professional
neers and Engineering lnst.it.llt.c of
Canada - spoke at t.he Professional
Awareness Conference. The ma-
jor Lherne of Lhis confprence was t.o
bring into the forefrollt SOnl(, of the
services alld support offered hy these
organizations.
Furt.her, it was an opportunity
for students to learn a litt.l(' morc>
about the profession itself. Ma.ny
of us forget that a profC'ssioll gops
heyond knowing the laws of t.her-
modynamics or how to solve' diffN-
ential equations. As noted by the
keynot.e speaker, Mr. J.E. Benson
of General Elect.ric, former presi-
dent of the A.P.E.O., a proft-'ssion
embodies such things as responsi-
bility to a higher goal, a controll ed
level of cornpeLence, norms of prac-
tices and an ever increasing body of
knowledge . To fulfill Lhis defillition
requires more than university pro-
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to some degree, regulation of those
'lctually working in the field. En-
ter the A. P.KO., C.S.P.E. etc. who
provjde the profession with a variety
of services from licencing to provid-
ing current technical information to
providing a link bet.ween prartition-
ers. Chances are you have heard of
tllC'se groups but do YOll really ktlow
what, they do?
TIl(' l'rofel'sional Awareness Con-
ferellce by I,he Task Force
on Profe'ssionalism did provide a
litt.lc more informat.ion Oil t.hese
groups. Listening to t. hese various
speakers, however, takes a certain
amollnt. of discipline - summaries of
Ont.ario legislation are not always
fascinating and are easily forgotten.
Further, attenciance at t.he confE'r-
ence was comprised of on ly a small
percentage of engi neering st.udent.s.
Promot.ing awareness is a difficult
Lask. In the end, some responsi bi 1-
ity for bc>ing informed must li e with
the new engineer. Perhaps t.he most
important [uncLion of the conference
was to remind the sLudents of this
responsi bi Ii t,y.
Japan
Exchange
UW News
The University of Waterloo has
completed an agreement with Tot-
tori University, Japan, for an ex-
change of students.
The agreement will make it pos-
sible for students in engi neering to
st udy in Japan, with the academic
credit to be counted towards their
U W degrees. Similarly, 'l'ottori st u-
dents will be able to study at Wa-
terloo, for credit at their home uni-
versity.
The agreement will take effect 'in
April of this year, when al. least
seven third year engineering stu-
dents will arrive in Japan for four
months of study. In September, the
students will move from the Totlori
campus into jobs in industrial plants
in the communiLy. The sl.udents will
return to Canada for Chri st.mas.
There are a number of industries
in Tottori, including a large Sanyo
electronics plant, and we understand
the president of Tottori Sanyo is
willing to employ some of our sl.lI-
dents for the four-month work term.
UW professor Dr. Keit.h Hirel
says that though the agreement will
involve six students, initially, "we
have far more sl.udents than that.
wanting to take advantage of tlle op-
portunity. We're t rying to get the
limit raised, at the moment.."
The students now preparing for
t.he trip will spend the next four
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their workterms.
Four months is not enough t,ime
to become proficient in Japanese,
however , and Tottori University has
agreed that some lectures and all ex-
aminations will be in English. Other
help (in ' Engli sh) will be givf' n, in-
cluding assistance in find ing accom-
modation and employment.
The initial group is expected to
comprise. six sysl.ems design engi-
neering students and perhaps one
electrical engi neer; however, under
the agreement a students from other
engineering disciplines, or even from
some other faculties (such as envi-
ronmental studies) may take pa.rt.
Tottori University is olle of 95
"national " uni versities in Japan. It
was established in 1949. The Cit,y
of Tottori is an attractive one, lo-
cated on the east side of the San-in
clistrict. It is surrounded on three
sides by mountains, with the fourt.h
side on the Sea of J apan. Tottori has
memorable natural scenery includ-
ing the MI,. Daisen volcano, 5,600
feet high, and the unusual Tottori
sand dunes - a wide expanse of sand
hills, located along the coastline on
the Japan Sea.
This is the first st.lldellt-exrhange
agreement between UW and a
Japanese llniversity. A nllmher of
similar agreement.s are in effect in-
volving Waterloo and universities
in ot her count.ries including WeRt
Germany, France , Mexico and the
United Kingdom.
January 29, 1988 Iron Warrior
5
The Twentieth Congress of
Canadian Engineering Students:
En Francais, S'il Vous Plait
Fine Family Dining
A Tradition Since 1962
Banquet Room & Full Catering
Pastry Counter
by Barb Adey
and
Sarah Rocchi
"Comite d'honneur , mesdames et
messieurs ... " At CCES, we learned
that dinner speakers are just as te-
dious in French as they are in En-
glish.
The Twentiet.h Congress of Cana-
dian Engineering Students (Congres
des Etudiants en Genie au Canada)
was held in Quebec Cit.y from J a. n-
uary 4 to to. The University of Wa-
terloo was represent.ed by Barbara
Adey and Sarah Rocchi from Eng
Soc A, and Karen Ness alld Lynda
Wilson from Eng Soc 13 .
The purpose of CCES is t.o pro-
mote the exchange of ideas betweell
engineering students from across t. he
country. Topics coverecl include
techni cal subjects, professionalism,
studenL life, engineering societies,
and t he engineer in society. To
this end , delegates from engi neer-
ing schools from UEC to Memorial
spent five days in Quebec City at-
tend in g seminars, discussion groups,
fortnalluncheons and industrial vis-
it.s, as well as other less st ruct ured
forums (namely a pub crawl up la
Grande Allee) .
Language was a real problem aL
CCES. Om hosts from Laval "ni-
versity seemed to speak only rudi-
mentary English so Barb ended up
playing translator all week. Do bear
in mind that we were ill the capital
of the prov ince that brought us Dill
101 and a legislat ure called the Na-
t ional Assembly.
The seriolls husiness of t.he confer-
ence got off to an excellent start on
Wednesday wit.h the keynote speech
by Dr. Larkin Kerwill , t.he presi-
denL of the National Research Coun-
cil. He chronicled t,he sorry state of
Canada's economy, where OIle third
of the annual federal buJget is used
to service the national deht . He sug-
gested that engineers can playa piv-
otal role in Canada's future because
of our broad expert.ise and humane
tradition of "doing more wit.h less".
Dr . Kerwin was the first but not '
-the only speaker at CCES to em-
phasize that. engineers must become
more politically aware.
The Women in Engineering panel
discussion presented four "genera-
tions" of female engineers. Their
presentation was an eye-opener to
the audience of engineering students
who live in an era of equal oppor-
tunity for women. In 1944, Dr.
Dormer Ellis had to omit any men-
tion of her gender in order to write
a successful letter of application for
a summer job while she was in
Engineering Physics at the Univer-
sity of Toronto. Margaret Kende
was told in 1960 that the City of
Toronto hired only male plan in-
spectors despite her successful inter-
view for the position. And Barbara
Howes, a 1970 graduate of the Uni-
versity of Calgary, is still not permit-
ted to enter the Calgary Petroleum
Club's main dining room for l11n<:h.

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According to Dr. Ellis' research,
entry-level discrimination and pay
inequities against women engineers
are virtually non-exi stent today.
Those skept. ics in the Engineeri ng
Society who t lt oughL t.h-at we were
jllst going to for the part.y
should have att.ended the six-hom
Plenary Session. All business and
policies of the Congress must be dis-
cussed and passed at this session.
There were many resolut ions pro-
posed, serj olls and otherwise.
and everyone of the 147 delegates
had a right to t.he microphone, in
the language of hi s or her choice
(sim1Jlt.aneous translat ion was pro-
vided t hroughout). This made for a
long haul as people drbat.ed t.he mer-
its of heret.o rores ov("r wherefores.
By the end of t.he fifth hour, we were
waving a sign that said "VIVE I.E
FASClSME! " (Long live fa cism!)
as our response to any vote.
Nevertheless, many isslless were
resolved at the Plenary Session. A I
set of bylaws for CCES was rati-
fied in order that. the Congress can
be incorporated this year. A sec-
ond National Executive was elected
to promote action on a nationwide
basis and to represent the views of
all Canadian engineering students.
H was r("solved that. all engineering
societies should get an account on
NETNORTH, a free, Canada-wide
university computer network , in or-
der to facilit at.e inter-society com-
munication, esp("cially for Project
Magazine staff. The University of
Western Ontario was appointed 1.0
host the 1989 Canadian Engineering
Competition, and Queens Univer-
sity was approved as the host school
of the in 1990.
The formation of ESSCO, the En-
gineering Student Societies Council
of Ontario was recognized by CCES.
is a lobbying group of Bngi-
neering Societies, whose mandate is
to improve the quality of education
and student life of engineering stu-
dents. Adion items for ESSCO in-
clude setting up a meeting of all On-
tario deans of engineering with ES-
SCO, in the hope of making cred-
its transferable among universities
in Ontario (to encourage student ex-
changes) and to look for solutions t.o
problems with the quality of teach-
ing and underfllnding. Bng or A
needs represelltatives for this coun-
cil , so if you are interested in getting
involved please leave your name at
the orifice.
One of the most controversial res-
olu tions was proposed by McGill . [t
stated that " ... wher as certain engi-
neering social activitie and tradi-
tions have the potential of tarnish-
ing the image of all Engineering st.u-
dents, be it resolved that t.he Na-
tional Executive ... presellt. and dis-
cuss a dossier on these events at t. he
next CCES." The moment, it was
read, cries of "Censorship!" were
heard, mostly from represent.at ive
of universities who haven't. had their
lewd and crude newspapers and Go-
diva parades banned. Others argued
that if t.hese events coulJ not be dis-
cussed at CCES, t.he conference was
failing to achi eve its purpose. F'i-
nally it was decided that if the word
"tarnishing" was changed Lo "affect-
in g", and the phrase "for the pur-.
pose of exchange of icleas" adcled to
the end of t he r esolu t. ion, it coul d be
made acceptable to most . The res-
olution passed after a half hour of
debate.
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at the hotel ($3.25!). A great time
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Exchange Programs
-
Are they really
worthwhile?
Greg
Dee
How could a trip 1,0 France for one
year not be worthwhile? Just think
of it : topless beaches, great wines,
hundreds of years of art and culture,
haute cuisine and hautes jupes just
like I,he posters in the tourist offic:e.
Before J left, [ imagined all the expe-
riences 1 would have, the good timps,
Lhe french women, the exciting stu-
dellt life and a work term in an exot ic
location.
Everyone has want.ecl at. OIlE" point
or anuther 1,0 do that Europp thing.
Most people end lip spending a. slim-
mer backpacking around seeing thp
famous sites and cities, relaxing in
the Alps or beside the Mediter-
ranean and generally having a care-
free time. AILhough everyone likes
to think that, they're going to meet,
local people and be in tune with the
local culture wherever they happen
to be, it isn 't always that easy. Art,er
eleven months of living in France, I
still didn't feel at horne there.
My last four months, I worked in
a small city in the middle of France.
For four months , I was completely
immersed in French culLllre. r marie
a lot of good friends and I liked my
j . The company , worked for even
offered me a job when I graduate,
a nd I'm sure I will sec a lot of Illy
friends again some time, but never-
theless it was perfectly clear that. I
was di at/inct from "real " french peo-
pl<.>. Lik<.> it or not, during my y<'ar
ill France I was treat,ed differpntly,
ranging from prrfef('nl,ial trefLt,IlI('1lt
to outright prejlldicc. Quit.C' of tell
faced with some of the' Ia.rger cul-
t,mal differences 1 myself prefC'rrCll
1.0 stirk 1.0 t.he old ways of back homp
(you know, like showering more than
once a wr('k).
,
10
0
/0
discount for
students
on corsages and
all your floral needs!
(except holidays)
Bette and Frank Qulnn,Owners
SO West mount Place
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2RS
(511) 116-&410
I think ha -ically what I'm trying
to say is that my year in France
wasn't exactly what 1 had been ex-
pecting; the re were both good and
bad times. To gi ve you a fecI for
my year, I could tell YOIl that I
spent over $10 000 and only made
$1000 whlle I was there. But that's
not import.ant., we're from Canada
right? Even the most uneducat.ed
European knows that. Canadians are
rich , so if YOIl want to make friends
don't go complaining ahout paying
$ J:2 for beers in Pari s cI \I bs.
After
To gi ve YOll a rea I fpel for my year
parti cipat ing in an "educat.iollal ex-
change program", I guess J should
t.alk a liU,le btl. about. school. I
shoulo proba.bly start by mention-
ing that 1 only managed t,o pass 4 of
6 courses. 1 hope you're all proud of
me because that's a whole lot better
than a lot of my English and Ameri-
can colleagues who only mana.ged t,o
pass one or t.wo. Yes, it seems t.hat
French sl,lIornts work a lot harder
(,han we do. They have more to
gai1l and morC' to lose if they don't
g(>t. t,hrir diplome d 'ingeniellr . All of
which me to stlldpnt lif<.> .
Obviollsly, having a lot of work
t.o do, fr ench st.udent,s didn't al-
ways havr the t.imc \.0 enl.crt,ain for-
eign v isi \.ors who had other priori-
tif's than thf'rrnodynamics and nu-
merical mf't.hodi' . As a rf'Rtdt many
of the foreign st lldt'ULs (Canadians,
English, Amf'rican Germa.n, Dutch)
spcnt qui!.e a bit of time together.
i .e. we might have a lot of
wine, pasti s etc. Unfortunately, we
also made quite a bit of noise (in En-
glish) inside the residence. I think
now is t.he point to introduce t.he no-
tion of profound cultural difff'rences.
The French have very different ways
of communicating ano solving prob-
lems. Instead of students coming to
tell us to keep the noise down at
night as would be expect,eel in an
Anglo-Saxon culture several shock-
ing things happened . One was tha.t
quite a few of us received rather po-
lite invitations to visit the director
of the residence. The second was
J received some notes on my door
of a racist nature which basically
said (euphemism time) "Canadians
are goofs and drink too much." I
don't want anyone to get the wrong
idea so I have to say that the over-
whelming majority of French stu-
dents were very nice people. I made
a lot of really good friends while 1
was at school but you have to re-
member that although the school
was in France it was still an Engi-
neering school and we all know wha.t
that means.
No article on Frf'nch cult.ure
would be complete without mention-
ing that the French prohahly aren't
the most organized people ill the
world. I can still remember apply-
ing for my carte de sejolJr (residency
permit) . After making several trips
to the government office (depending
on who you see they like to ask YOll
for different things each time) I was
told all I still needed was a bank ac-
count in France with some money in
it . Logically, 1 went across the street
to a bank and told them I would like
to open an account. "No problem" ,
they saiu, "all you have to do is show
us your carte de sejour."
Another particula.rly well run
event is the sign up for classes. You
get up early in t.he morning, pllt
on a rugby uniform, and then line
up (huddle arollnd in a grollp and
pllsh people who are smallf'f thaI!
YOll out. of the way ) for every cou rse
you want, to take and to pay your
fees .
A lot of other th in gs were quite
humorous because 1 knew I was only
going t.1l he therf' for one semest.er.
For example, there was olle wash-
ing machine for 5UO people in resi-
dence and if you didn't kllow about
the signu p lis't at the start of the
semester... There were 20 minute
lilleups for the worst food in the en-
tire world ($2/ meal) in the univer-
sity restaurant . As a special treat
f'very couple of weeks they'd put out
extra trays of frelt ch fries so we could
watch students rioting 1,0 get some (I
have sOOle excellent pictures of this).
Anyways, these are oJlly some of the
flln things we had to do every day
while we were at school which brings
me to a very important point: school
vacat.ions.
When it. comes to vacations Ute
French know what, they ' re doing:
lot.s of t.hf'm and long onf's. We
had only been at school two weeks
when we had our first weeks vaca-
tion . A . ."eek of spring skiing at Cha-
monix didn't exact.ly get us psyched
for school but needless to say we had
a great time. Our second official
week of vacation during t.he semester
was even better. Some friends and
T decided to go to a music festi-
val at Bourges. It had to be one
of the craziest weeks I've ever had.
[t started out great as I hitchhiked
across France getting rides with a se-
ries of very strange and interesting
people. My last ride was with a car
full of drug smoking, beer drinking
punk rockers who were heading to
one the concerts I,hat evening. The
next story is included as an example
of taking advantage of being a for-
eigner to receive preferential treat-
ment. After I met my friends at
Bourges, I went in to the admin-
istration pavilion and managed to
convince them that I was actually a
reporter for a Canadian newspaper .
To make a long story short I received
a free press pass to all the concerts
whic.h included access to the photog-
raphers sections and the free bar in
the administration pavilion. I guess
it was my accent that did it . After a
week at Bourges I returned to school
even more motivated than before for
my thermodynamics and' numerical
methods courses.
I don't want to dwell on unhappy
endi ngs so I won ' t talk about the
school semester anymore. As I men-
tioned before, I did my workterOl
in a small city (Chatell erault) in
the middle of France. It wasn't ex-
actly t.he exot.ic location 1 had ex-
pected but I couldn't have found a
more typical French environment. I
worked in a factory t.hat made wind-
shield wipers. It wasn't. always a
happy place but it was a quick les-
son on the class system in France.
By talking with my co-workers I got
a good idea of a lot of the problems
and political views of French peo-
ple. I don't know about you, but
I had always been told that France
was a socialist country ( whatever
that, means). Anyways, 1 was a bit
disillu ioned to find that the cur-
rent government was just a little bit
1,0 the right of Ronald Reagan and
Margaret Thatcher . It was also a
bit disillusioning to work with t.ech-
nicians who had a lot more experi-
ence and were a lot more qllalified
than my boss who was an enginef'r,
but only made half as much. Despite
a work atmosphere that, was some-
t.irnes less than desirable I still man-
aged to drink wine for lunch in t he
company restaurant and meet some
French womell so [ guess my job was
all right . 011 ya, I had to go to Paris
four t.imes on business trips during
the term as well. While we 're on
the sllbjer.t, I should probably write
a lit. t. le hit ahout French women.
French women are like
women anywhere, maybe a little
better dressed, maybe sexier and
usually a little bit more compli-
cated as my french teacher once ex-
plained to me. 1 managed to meet
some nice ones and some not so nice
ones. Other students on the ex-
change found some very nice ones.
To sum up my year's experience,
I'd have to say that I miss huy-
ing cheap wine, I miss small c.afes
(and keyboards with all the french
accents), I miss boulangeries and I
miss taking the train to Paris on fri-
day nights. Every once in a while
a few words of frf'n ch slip ill t.o my
selltences amI I still wear silly look-
ing French shoes and a leather jacket
made in Morocco. My hair is a lot
longer than when I left and I'm tak-
ing numerical analysis again hut -
whether it was all worthwhile? All
the bullshit [ wrote on my appli-
cation to go on the exchange for
Professor Roe about improving com-
munications, appreciating stuff from
different perspectives etc. .., well,
it's all sort of true. I'd do it again.
January 29, 1988
The
Brian
Cbapnik
Numerous articles have appeared
lately which r'eport great prob-
lems perceived in the undergradu-
ate Engineering curriculum at most
schools in North America. A re-
cent proposal by the MIT facult,y
has sparked contention over the
type and number of non- technical
courses taken by engineers. Most
universities agree that some liberal
arts or social science contpnt is
needed as part of an engineer's cu r-
ri culum in order broaden his per-
spectives and improve his articula-
t.ion; ' t he MIT J.>lan goes one stf'P
further , requiring the st udy of the
human cont.ext of technology. The
courses in this area are designed to'
improve an engineer 's management
skills, t.hereby making him a more
viable entity in the compet.itive in-
ternational marketplace and in the
cutthroat corporate environment .
The debate, then, centres around
what the curriculum itself seems
able to bear . in other words, there
is only so much material that can
be packed into a four-year under-
graduate degree. In recent years,
the trend has been towards human
context courses in the non-technical
area, and towards hot research ar-
eas on the technical side. After all ,
how many graduate or graduating
engineers do you know who should
rightfully be given the title, "Man-
agement Scientist"? And when was
the last time a student decided that
Iron Warrior 7
"Problem "
with Engineering
Robotics or Computer Process Con-
trol was not for him and opted
instead to research Diesel Engine
Design or Better Surveying Tech-
niques? Many educator feel that ,
in order to accommodate courses in
Business and Life Sci('nces, many
engineering cllrricnlae had to sac-
rifice basic engineering courses, in-
cluding those that teach the princi-
ples of design, materials, and manu-
facturing, and those that instruct on
the use of tools and heavy machin-
ery.
Many feel that the above trend is
not a problem. Some go as far as
to view Engineering as a disdpline
which, in today's society, is meant
to produce managers for groups of
technologists, However, the fact. re-
mains that productivity is declining
in the North American technological
arena. In t.he international market-
place, and even, in the case of some
products, on the domestic market,
North American technology cannot
keep up with that of the Japanese,
Koreans, and Germans. As case in
point , the North American semicon-
ductor industry is battling for its life
against better and cheaper products
from the Far East. The disease af-
fecting the North American compa-
nip seems to be an overabundance
of managers, market.ers, ann profi-
teer.s, not enough good, sound
engmeE'nng.
What is the solution to t.his prob-
lem with Engineering? One par-
ticularly good bE'en of-
fered by Eric A Walhr , presi-
dent ('meritus and dean emeritus
of Engineering at Penn State, and
a formN president of t.he National
A('ademy of Engineering in thp U.S.
He (,hat the under-
graduate engineering curriculum be
changed to contain courses on engi-
neering basics, plus those required
for a well-rounded liberal arts back-
ground, Specifically omiLted from
his recommendation is any scheme
by which an undergraduate Can spe-
cialize in a parLicular field of en-
gineering, thereby insuring a good
general knowledge among graduat-
ing engineers. UpOII graduat.ion
the student could continue with a
program of specialized study lead-
ing to a graduate degree in Engi-
neering, enroll in graduate studies
in another discipline such as Com-
puter Science or Business, or join [n-
dustry. Such a system would allow
those who continued to study Engi-
neering at a graduate level to get a
complete education in this demand-
ing, professional field. Walker likens
Engineering to Medicine as a profes-
sional discipline, stating that "four
years of undergraduate study can-
not produce a fully competent engi-
neer, any more than it can produce a
fully competent physician" . Gradu-
ate study, leading to increased com-
petency, can only serve to enhance
the professional reputation of engi-
neers.
It is painfully obvious that the
undergraduate engmcermg curne\!-
lum in North American universities
is geared towards produci ng pseudo-
experts in specialized areas, who not
on ly can't ompete with rE'al E'xperts
in other technology-based societies,
but have sacrificed t.heirunderstand-
ing of basic engineering ski lls just
Lo enter the competition . It should
be recognized, however, that the
sit,uation is not nearly as bad at
co-operative schools such as Water-
loo. Engineering students at UW
learn many of the "how to's" on
their workterms, voiding the need
to teach hands-on, practical tech-
niques in the classroom, On the
other hand, methods of design and
manufacture can vary greatly from
one company to the next, and it
would be of great value to learn Lhe
basic principles and correct proce-
dures in an accredited academic en-
vironment ..
T he changes in process at MIT
are just the first signs of a great
upheaval in the undergraduate en-
gineering curriculum of many un i-
versities throughout Nort.h Amer-
ica. Through a curriculuCII which
stresses basic engineering skills and
principles, followed by graduate
level courses in specialized engineer-
ing areas, the engineering profes-
sion in North America can be el-
evated to a position of higher re-
spect and increased inherent worth.
It is hypothesized that by imple-
menting such engineering programs
in the universities, North America
can regain its position of technolog-
ical strength on the world market.
The cost of an Engineering Education
by Sasi Murthy
and
Tracey Renaud
Today's society, with an increas-
ing focus on technology, demands a
new breed of engineers. In response
to this increasing role of technology
in society our educational institu-
tions are required to produce a ver-
satile engineer, while maintaining a
high level 'of quality.
Presently in the engineering fac-
ulty at the Univeristy of Waterloo,
an issue regarding the acquisition
and maintenance of resources has
arisen in the face of non-salary bud-
get decreases. These resources in-
clude computer hardware and soft-
ware, lab equipment, space alloca-
tion, and improvements of course
curriculum resulting in tangible ben-
efits to students. A comparison of
the University of Waterloo's engi-
neering faculty with that at the Uni-
versity of Toronto, whose enrollment
is approximately equivalent, showed
a 1987/1988 budget figure of three
million dollars over that of Water-
loo's 15.7 million dollars (88 UW,
87 U of T reports). Figure 1 shows
the decrease in the non-salary bud-
get. This may be accounted for by
a 1984 budget cut along with the
failure to index the non-salary por-
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tion of the budget with the rate of
inflation. Figures 2 and 3 indicate
the constantly increasing need for
more money to support teaching fa-
cilities. The trends in these graphs
verify that there is an urgent need
to acknowledge a requirement for re-
sources; both financial and educa-
tional, and take subsequent action.
The Dean of Engineering, in a
recent report to the joint meeting
of the Engineering Faculty Coun-
cil and the Engineering Faculty As-
sembly, summarized these concerns
and related a need for increased
flexibility of the educational struc-
ture. This flexibility will be seen in
the form of flexible teaching assign-
ments, flexible teaching programs,
independent research at the faculty
level , etc. The prime motive for in-
creasing flexibility is to allow im-
plementat.ion of rapid changes to
meet new demands while achieving
long term goals. The crucial fac-
tor is in co-ordinat,ing these plans
at both the financial level (budget)
and the academic level (educational
resources) .
A university's resource1l have di-
rect impact on the quality of edu-
cation. Engineering, as a field, re-
volves around application, thus ne-
cessitating the availability of up-to-
date technology. It is evident then,
that individual motivation and am-
bition alone cannot provide a suffi-
rient lcv I of ('duca.t,ion . To give to-
day 's engineers a high ql1a!i t,y of ed-
uration, rnll,,1, be capa-
hie of kef-ping up with the dynamic
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January 29, 1988
An Engineer for all
Seasons
Lisa
Manning
A Combined Engineerillg and
Arts Program?
Many UW students wOll ld deny
s ll ch a poss ibili ty existed on a cam-
pus of ri val facult ies. Dul Paul
Benedetti is proof I,hat a compos-
it. e of ar ts and engineering in a
linked academic program is attain-
able. Paul 's unique academic pro-
gram joins a DA and a BASe ill a six
year program including the required
work terms. This new approach 1,0
Waterloo engineering was setup as a
test by Gary Gr iffin (O('an of Art.s) ,
George Soulis (Director of CenPral
Studies), Ed Jernigan (Undcrgrad-
uate Officer, Systems Design Bngi-
neering) and .Jim Wilson (l)irC'cl or
of Co-operative Education). The
act.ing Associate DC'an of Art.s (IIn-
dergraduate aH'ai rs), 1'(>1.<'>1" Wools-
tencrofl, is also involvC'd .
Paul is the first W<'Iterloo slllciC'nt.
study ing the c:ombiJl('d BAj BASc
curriculum.
lIe was first. introdllcecl to Walpr-
100 at the 1985 Shad valley SIl mIner
program and became int.erested ill
the systems design cngineering pro-.
gram. lIe was look ing for "a faculty
with flexibilit.y and S1) had room for
other areas of learning." After hC'-
ing accepted in 19871.0 the program,
Paul was disappointed with the ri id
course schedule and contacted Ed
Jernigan with his concerns.
Thi s query led to discussions with
J ernigan, SOlliis and Criffin on the
feasibi li ty of Paul becoming the t.est
case for t.he li nked dual program.
George Soulis sees t.his as "grolllld-
breaking" in engineering education.
He says that "this type of inte-
gration should go both ways with
arts students Laking more technical
COli rsf's."
SOil lis sees UW's Faclll t.y of En-
gineering as ver y support.ive of in-
creased integrat ion with the human-
it.ies and social sciences. Engin(>cr-
ing s t.lldents are often limi ted in
a rts elect i ve selection by t.he master
t.imet.able.
Paul's linked dual program has
been carefull y laid out to avoid
('ourse conAi cts and t.o insure all re-
quirement.s a re met. The program
is being t.ested within t.he gllidelines
of existing art.s and engineer illg re-
qllircments.
Paul will gt'j, a gen('ral BA wit.h
an 1Jnofficial Minor in SystclllS De-
sign C'ngint'('fing bdore receiving ad-
v<'Illccd standi ng to 2B SystC'lTIs De-
sigll. IIis fin:;t work t(,rItl will be
<'In art.s posit.ion, how('vN a ll subse-
q1Jf'nt. work t.('fIllS wi ll he ellgineer ing
rel ated.
Thf' program is basC'd on the rec-
ommendat.ions made by two syst.ems
des ign st.udcnts in a paper ent. itled ,
"HroadC'ning Ollr Horizons: lncreas-
ing Liberal Art.s Content in Engi-
neering, Mathematics , Science and
Arts Programs ." The repor t was
prepared by Elias N. Mouhayed and
Steven T . Pitkanen for SI) 462, in
April 1987.
The report s urveyed prospective
st udent.s , including Benedett. i, and
resollrce personnel within innlls-
try to gain feedback on the desir-
ability of these programs. They
st.ated that, "Indust.ry, educat.ors,
students, as w(>11 as professional as-
sociations have recognized this lIeed
for broader ed ucat.ion in these disci-
plines for quite some time now."
Paul began the first year of the
general arts program, ni cknamed
"Ellginarts", in September 1987 . He
feels that one of the highlights of the
program is the greater range of arts
courses available to him. Whil e the
engineer ing, science and math elec-
tives are structured, Paul may t.ake a
varied select ion of arts cour ses. He
is very excited about the program
a nd he says that history, sociology
and english courses allow for a hal-
ance in work load with thE' engill eer-
ing courses. Currently, Palll is tak-
ing Blst 102 D - "From National-
ism to TotaliLariani sm" and "is re-
ally learning alot" .
Despite bridging different aca.-
International Education
Michelle
Wahl
What is engineering like outside of
Canada? This was the topic of ques-
tions posed to two Wat.erloo Profes-
sors whose experience began in other
cultures. Professor II.K. I<esevan
. (origillally of electrical engineering
and now teaching systt'ms design)
gave the impression that engineering
and engineering schools were nol, all
that different. in India. At the same
time L. Rothenburg (part of civil en-
gineering), remarked that, "F-ven in
my worst dreams, I wouldn't want to
be an engineer in the Soviet Union ."
Rothenburg explained t.hat in t.he
USSR the social tot,em pole is
based on creativity. While engineers
are viewed higher than doctors or
lawyers, they are well below scien-
tists or artists. Rothenburg himself
studied physics at I.he Moscow State
University and later taught mathe-
at the Institute for Civil En-
gineers. After coming to Canada he
studied engineering at Carlton aud
then came to UW in 1984.
Kesevan, originally from India,
did 2 undergraduate degrees in Ban-
galore before going to the Univer-
s ity of JIIinois and Mi chigan State
for graduat.e studies. He came to
Canada in 1960 and in J963 before
leaving for India, he was the Un-
dergraduate Chairman of F-Iectrical
Engineering at. Waterloo. Kesevan
taught systems theory and electrical
engineering at an Institute of Tech-
nology until 1969 when he returned
to Canada as t.he first chairman of
UW Systems Design.
When asked about. engineers' sta-
tus in Indian society, I(esevan
replied that a person 's mobility is
decided by t.heir level of education.
"Therefore", he concluded, " lndia
has more PhD student.s." He al::;o
indicated that graduated engineers'
options are "pretty good" but that
this varies with the type and repu-
tat.ion of the particular engineering
school.
Both professors indicated that
their home countries had top schools
for which entranr.e was highly com-
petitive and bas<>ci on ent.rance ex-
aminations. In India, 50-60,000 stu-
dents compete for 1200 pORit.ions at.
one of the fivE' Inst.itutes of Technol-
ogy. The odds are a litt.le beLter in
the Soviet Union whert' 27 students
try for each place at the top univer-
sities. Engineering, however, is not
t.aught at a university, hut rat.her al
a technical insLitute.
When questioned ahout. the dif-
ferences hPotween the .llIdian school
and Waterloo, Kescvan commented
that in educat.ion, things were oft.en
milch the same. One difference he
did point Ollt was t.hat as a result
of the extremely tough competition
at t.he school where he was teaching,
t.he st.udent.s were "uniformly excel-
lent" .
Professor Rothenburg also noted
that students and academia were
remarkably similar cross-clllt.iJrally.
He did comment. that t(>aching st.yles
varied . While at. the Moscow State
University four of his six physics
professors were Nobel Prize Win-
ners . It was not uncommon, how-
ever, for them to advise their third
- sixth year classes to "not bot.her
with lectures but go to the library
and read my book." In clarifica-
t.ion he added that attendance had
been compulsory for the first two
years. Another difference is the spe-
cialized schools. The institllt.e where
Rothenburg taught consisted of 8000
civil engineering students.
When asked regarding the 'best
school for engineering', Rothenburg
only commented that on the whole,
he ranked Canadian schools highly.
Kesevan chose Paris' Ecole Poly--
technique as the world's finest en-
gineering school.
demic worlds throughout the course
of a day, Paul does not feel like he
is missing out on -other aspects of
university life . He says that , "When
I'm in my arts courses, I feel like I
am in arts bu t. when I'm in my Sys-
Lems courses I feel like an engineer ."
Indeed , he finds that the two disci-
plines complement each other, giv-
ing an al ternate perspective some-
times missed by hi s peers.
The freedom to st.udy all over
campus is another positive aspect
of the program. It has given Paul
a chance to meet a ' wide range of
people from all faculties. lI e ad-
mits t hat within engi neerin g cl asses
there is "a communit.y atmosphere"
out does not feel isolated from class-
mates.
"I see myself as try ing somet hi ng
new and thaL's what this university
stands for.' Paul feels t.hat tech-
nical solut.ions to today's problems
are not complete without. an under-
standing of the human element.
It is t.hrough such innovativE' pro-
grams that both E' ngineering and
arts ed ucat ion wi ll be enhanced,
prov idi ng alternati VeR for stlJden ts
wit.h a wider scope of interests. Phil
Lapp, president of the Canadian
COtlllci l of Professional Bngineers,
states, "t he engineer will have to be-
come more of a person fur a ll sea-
sons, who can appr E'ciate t.he social ,
humanitarian a nn envi rollm(mt.al di-
mensions of t.echnology as well as t he
scient ifi c side . ."
This will increasE' our underst.and-
ing and respect for each ot. her while
confirming our common moUo: con-
cordia clIm veritate.
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You've seen tIl{' post.ers
1
You'VE"
heard the word (word and a half ?).
What does it all mean? Kather-
ine Davies lead a lecture/dialogue on
the topic at UW last Thursday; IW
was there!
The isslJe is nearly as bogus <IS
it first seems. The essential irl<:'a,
t hat women and naturt' have oet'n
mutually oppressed by patriarchy, is
valid and conseqllently, insight. ('an
be gained by investigat,i ng the anal-
ogy. The conclusiolls of ecofeminist
writers (as outlined by Davies) are
ri ddled with assumption. I guess
that makes me a small 'e' ecofcmi-
nist!
Ecofeminism draws heav-
ily on traditional charader t.raits for
women and Illen. Dav ies sta(.(>(1 fou r
fundamental prillciples of Lhe movC'-
ment.:
1. Tt. st.resses hoi ist,i('
living (Recognition of t.llP hllge
system of which you ar(' a par t.)
2. It. recognizes t.he massivf' 11<'1.-
work of intcrdependenc(' rela-
tionships linking oursf'lv('s ann
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all things to thE" Earth and onp
another .
3. There i an cmphasis on nOI1-
hierarchical systE"ms which fol-
lows from the recognitioll of
one's ( mall) place in the E"col-
ogy. (As oppoSE"d to human pri-
macy over nature.)
4. It emphasizes a process oriE"ntE"d
philosophy, i.e. the mE"ans arc
just as important as thf> f>lld 1.0
which they progress.
In I.he lit,erature (of EF), these
hoi istic va lues are ascri bed to
wom('n while t.he complementary set
of hierarchical, goal orient(;'d, con-
trol oricnted values are ascribed t.o
men. This is hist.orically
Fllrt.her, wome ll are accredit.ed wil.1t
havi ng a cl(ISCr hond wit h n<lt.ure
<lnel hellc(' morc su ited t.o de<ll wit.h
i t.s conCf'l'lls.
In ollr current ecological mess,
it. is clear t.hat t.he trarlit.ional ap-
proach of su rv ivaI t.hrough dOOli na-
tion of nature must. change. An in-
clusive approach sllggf>st.f'd hy t.he
four t.enets of Eli' is I' ertuired, and
clearly both env ironmentalism and
f('minism wonle! hen('flt. grE"at, ly from
such a transformation. From t.h is,
ecofeminists infer t.hat: a matriarchy
wOll ld fleVf'r have !Pel t.o t.h is mess;
and sE"cond ly, ('stablishing a mat.ri-
archy now would repair I he situa-
t.ion, or at !C'ast WOI1lCII IIA.ve a pe-
cial rolc in (he r('pC! ir of I he Earth.
Cent.ral 1.0 t.he t.ran it.ioll from the
tend .. of F, P t.o t,he prognosis above
is the essenl ial diff('rrnce het.ween
JllE"1l and womrn. Are we psycho-
logically diffcrent. ? Arc I,radit.ional
male/ felllale charadcristic the dis-
tillat.ion of sOJnf' gf'nf't.ic t.ruth or the
result, of gendt'rizat.ioll?
If we are t.he same then surely mf>n
too can adopt thf' holistic t.hinking
required 1,0 approach glob<ll prob-
lems. Wouldn ' t a mat.riarchy also
hav' precipitated an ecological dis-
aster? I t.his Jl10vemcllt. not. a call
to r<'inforce the char<lct.er s('C'reo-
t.ypes that ff'JOinislll has been tC'ar-
ing down?
F,v('n if we <lr<' dirTerc'nl., lh<'r(' arc
9
none of t he four tenf>ts which men
cannot acqlli re , and not.hing t,o pre-
venl. co-opcrat.ioll b.C'twf'en genders
to sol ve global ill . A 11 of t.hem are
reflections of CllrrE"nt f>nvironmcl1-
tal, systems and feminist thought to
which both gel\ders ill great num-
bers adhNe. Many would contest
t.he closer bonding of women t.o na-
ture (two thaL 1 know) .
This idea is so axiomatic t.o many
feminists that questioning it brought
a round of laughter from t he audi-
ence (shame!) .
Fi ll ally, what. is t.o be gained by
assoriating feminism alld environ-
mentalism? IIr(>ly it can only S('fve
to aliellat.e members of two i ndispen-
sible movements and to diminish t.he
Pllblic ear. So 111(' insight int.o bot It
movenwnts is gained by t.he analogy,
bllt it does nol. merit. a mOVC'lIl ent of
it.s own.
The lect.llre was pres{,lltC'l1 by
WPIRG, t.he Womens Commis-
sion, the Womens Cent.re, and t.he
WOJIICIlS Sud if's and
was well at tend('d by both sexes.
\{atlJerin(' Davies is Lite art.ing direc-
tor of the Bnvirol1llwnt,al Protection
Office of the ])('part.n1C'nt. of 1 [('alt.h
of TOl'ont,o. Davif>s presented hath
sides of ecofemi ni sm, stating slip was
1101, an ecofeminist. A lively d isclIs-
sion followed .
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Am I

lneerln
by Tim Bouma
Why Am I in 8ngin<:,ering?
Stop and considf'r t ltis quest. ion
for a moment - "Why am I in
gineering?". Can you rememher t.he
exact moment or even I,he exact, day
when you leapt over t.hat decisive
hurdle to make that consciolls ca-
reer commitment that, would inAu-
ence the rest of your life? Speaking
for myself, I can't remember Lhat
exact moment and now since I'm
through the largest portion of my
education as an Engineer J thought
it. would be best to find out really
why. It's an exercise that all us of
should go through.
"Why are you in Engineering?" If
YOll pose this question to a frosh the
typical response is; "I want to de-
sign cars", "My parents are Engi-
neers" or " I heard 1, 11 at, they makf'
a lot of money". Even though these
statements seem over-simplistic qt
even ill informed , rest assured that
many people have ended up as a
Professional Engineer solely due to
that decision made when they were
young and naive. To qualify this
statement I will state that I prob-
ably fit in this category.
Let bygones be bygones. The de-
cision that we've made is now in the
past : We've each weathered terms
of academic stress, slogged through
work terms of heaven and hell and
have inundated by a continual
downpour of propaganda telling us
what and what not to do. The ma-
jority of us will still graduate and
beco.me practicing Engineers. Now
pose the question to yourself once
more "Why am I in Engineering?"
By this point. , YOIl should have been
exposed to the profession and your
naivety would have bee" rC'placcd by
experience. Hopefully, the rea-
sons havE"brcome more p<'f!'lonnli1.cd
a lld 1lili Ch Illor f' ri f>ar. Are t.hey?
Before I conl. inue along this line
of trying 1,0 explore the reasons
maybe I'd better define wltat all En-
gineer is and what engineering is all
ahout. To begin, I will conSiliI. some
sources that. lI1ight, give fil e the an-
swer. First, from the dictionary :
engineer (n) 1. a pen'lon who is
skilled in a hranch of engineer-
ing 2. one who is in charge of
machines and engines. 3. one
who plans and organizes . (1)
Next, from a textbook :
"a person who uses science,
rnathernati('s and technology in
a creat.ive way, to sal.isfy human
needs . " (2)
Thesf' are two stat.ements t,hat
try to sum up I,he profession in a
nutshell - a very difficult feal. be-
calise in pract,ical terms engineering
is a profession with very nebulous
bounds and definitions. However, in
our country, the government. has at-
tempted to restrict the df>finition of
an )<jnginef>r by means of legislation
and regulat,ion.
We have all learnE"o in school t.o
some extent the definition of an gn-
gineer and his/her role in society.
We know what engineering is - by
writ.ing reports, completing
and studying for exams. But still,
doesn't it astonish YOIl that you have
peers JI1 engi neering t.hat, have sets
of goals, objectives and perspecLi ves
entirC'ly diffc'l'ctit t.o t.hat. of your
own'? And 1.11(' hot.h of you st.i ll f, II
under t,h(' ciaflflil('al.ioll of T':lIgill('{'r!
So milch for t.h(' sL(>rcolypf' . III llHHlY
cases, trying to compl\f' (!ngitH'cr-
ing professions is akin 1.0 c.ornpnrillg
apples and oranges and a rri vin g at
a concl usi v gen 'rality that appliC'A
overall. This can oll ly b(' aclti ('v(>(\
hy ignoring the individualit.y of each
apple/ ora.nge/ persoll. The gOV(,rrt-
rnent attempts t.hi A; our Rc hools at.-
tempt this; a profesAional body vir-
tually succeeds a.t. tlti s; huL wltat
it really boil A down to is thiR: an
Engineer alld hiA/ her role if! cidinf'd
solely by yourself. Of comse l,ht'r('
are pressures for you to con form to
a code or to a Sf't of AtandardA but
the ultimate definition is the work of
only you . This statement brings us
back to the quest.ion agai n.
"Why are you ill Engineering?"
For argument 's sake, if it is yC?ur-
self who defines what an Engineer
truly is, the crit.eria that you use
to arrive at thi s definition are your
own reasons and motives for want-
ing to be an Engineer . Some s im-
ple examples: (i) Definition: An En-
gineer solves problems - Reason: I
enjoy solving problems (ii) Defilli-
tion: An Engineer helps soci('ty -
Reason : I have a responsibility 1.0
society. These examples might seem
overly simple and trivial but if you
carryon this logical reasoning when
you are on the project team for a
new and improved nuclear weapon
with a better kill ratio you'll find
it very difficult to rationalize your
role when it is tied directly to your
own values and not to some govern-
ing third party.
TIt<' ('oJlrillsioll I 1\1ll going 10 draw
is Ito!. a diRnci.c all. Wt't 10 tlt( qll('S
tion. anRW('r iH sOllwLhing Ymt
will hav(' t.o find for yOllrfwlf. II. may
be a goal you Ht.r ivillg l,owltl'dH, l\
rNlpoflsibilil,y you waliL t.n fulfill or
tnf1yh(' ito's just. a f('cling t,hat. YOII
hav('. It. f('ftlly dO('Hn't. trltl.t.tcr whn!.
if. iA . .JlIst I.ry to know for yourself.
We live in a rapidly ("hanging
worId . Not onl y is ollr world of t.ech-
nology changing, hilI. so are ollr ROci-
eLy's norm!! and Va.liH'Ii .
it is very dimcult. t.o d iITcrcntiat.(' 1)(>-
t.w('en right and wrong or good n.nd
bad . YOII hav! to rply Or! yourRclf 1.0
he n ()f (.ha.t. Jt, is ()lll' pro-
feRsion, ('ngin('('fing, t.hal, will havE"
one of most. profollnd impacts
upon our Being an engi-
neN ran hI' a very pnwrrful and po-
tent.ially c!f'adly rol e. Thereforf', be-
fore YOIl emba rk IIpon that. dazzling
project or promising carE'er that. will
enable you thaI, change the world ,
JURI, ask yourself, "Why am 1 in En-
gineering?"
References:
(I) The Oxford Paperhack Dictio-
nary, Oxford University Press, Ox-
ford , 1979
(2) Andrews, G.C., flail' , A.M.,
Pearce, G. F.: Basic Proression al EII-
gineering Concepts, Sandford Edu-
cational Press, Waterloo, 1982
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What
by Max
"1 reali ze that certain kinds of
porn are a problem, especially for
women and children, (but) it just
doesn't foll ow that this proposed
legislation is the solution ."
Margaret Atwood
"We are being transported back
to the Nineteenth Century by a gov-
ernment who, using thf' red herring
of ' ki ddie porn', is about. to make
us the laughing stock of the western
world." - Pierre Bertoli
"The dangers of censorsh ip hy hu-
reauc rats are enormOUfl. Onc(' gov-
ernment starts censoring illforma-
tion . where will it stop? Who
wiJl decide what the standards are
- and who will review the decisions
made?" - W.O. Mit.ch('1\
This article is not. about violence
against women or child pornogra-
phy, it IS about censorship. Bill C-
54, the child of Bill C- 114 (the pre-
vious attempt to improve the crim-
inal code dealing wit h pornogra-
phy; it was wit hdrawn under heavy
fire), "provi des improved protec-
t ion f or all Canadians, part icularl y
young peopl e, against t he ~ p r e d of
pornography in o ur society" , accord-
ing to the Hon . Ray Hnatyshyn
(Justice Mini st er and At torney Gen-
eral of Canada) .
What the Hon. Ray Hnatyshyn
has failed to address, however, is
the universal rej ection of Bill C-54
oy the artistic community. In On-
tario alone the Ontario Arts Coun-
cil, Toronto Theater Alliance, On-
tari o Library Assn., Ontari o Ar t
Gallery Assn. , Ontario Crafis Coun-
cil, Toronto Arts Council, (the list
continues ... ) have publicly rejected
the bill and have demanded that
the government "withdraw Bill C-
54" (Toronto Public Library) . "It's
not just a sloppy bill , it's terrifying"
(Art Gall ery of Ontario) .
Why all the fuss? If our hallowed
elected officials in Ottawa, represen-
t.at.ive of Canada, feci t.hat t.his bill
will "recognize the inherent dignit.y
of individuals in Canadian society"
(t.he Hon. Ray Iinatyshyn), why
shouldn't we blindly support it.?
Bill C-54 fails in two respects. Its
definitions of "erotica" and "pornog-
raphy" are vague and would in-
clude films such as Franco Zef-
firelli's "Romeo and Juliet" and
"Risky Business" as well &'3 books
by Robert.son Davies and Margaret
Laurence. More insidious, however,
is t.hat it is t.he responsibility of the
artist to prove his/her work is not
pornographic. In essence, the artist
is guilty until proven innocent (re-
verse onus of proof) .
Here are the facts: you can make
up your own mind. (NOTE: al-
though quotations from Bill C-54
have been cut and spliced to save
space, they HAVE NOT been taken
out of context).
Erot.ica is summed lip as "any vi-
sual matter a dominant characteris-
tic of which is the depiction, in a sex-
ual context or for the purpose of t.he
sexual stimulation of the viewer, of a
buman sexual organ, a female breast
or the human anal region". Left to
the imagination - and hence t.he dis-
cret.ion of ajury, judge or prosecutor
- are the following definitions: what
is a "sexual context" or the "hu-
man anal region"? For a document
that "clearly a.rticulat.es in t.he law
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IS
Pornography?
exactly what is meant by pornogra-
phy" (Hon . Ray Jlnatyshyn) it is
alrear!y a muddled affair.
The definition of pornography is
somewhat more involved (a para-
phrase follows)' and emphasizes the
presence (or JMPLIED presence) of
someone who is. "or A PPEA RS
to be under the age of eighteen" .
More specifically, the following acts
a re pornographic: "the exhibition,
for a sexual purpose, of a human
sexual organ, a female breast or
r the human anal region, sexually
violent conduct, a degrading act
in a sexual context... by which
one person treats (another) per-
son as an animal or object, besLial-
ity, incest or necrophilia, masl,ur-
bation or ejaculation, vaginal, anal
or oral intercourse, or AN Y MAT-
TER OR COMMERJAL COMMU-
NICATION THAT INCITES, PRO-
MOTES, ENCOURAGES OR AD-
VOCATES any (of the a.bove men-
tioned conduct)."
Obviously, acts of bestiality, in-
cest or necrophilia would fall within
t he average Canadian's defin ition
of "pornogr aphy". However , mas-
turbati on and ej acul at.ion (embar-
rassing as they may be to TALK
about) are hardly uncommon. No-
ticeably absent from the definition
of "pornography" is the definition of
THESE phrases: "appears to be un-
der the age of eighteen" , "degrading
act", "treats.. . as an animal or ob-
ject" .
It is these ambiguities which lead
to the second (and most danger-
Oil S) fl aw of Bill C-54. It attempts
to protect the artist and educa-
tor by stating that "the court shall
find the accused not guilty IF THE
ACCUSED ESTABLISHES that. the
matter or communication in ques-
tion has artistic merit or an edu-
cational, scientific or medical pur-
pose" . The bill includes a wide
range of people in its list of those
that can be accused for dealing in
"pornography" :
the "owner, less('e, man agf'r or
person in charge of a theater
(presenting material defined as
h )" pornograp )c . ,
)
t
"every person who sells (or
rents) erotica to a person under
the age of eighteen" ,
"every person who disJ1lays any
erotica... that is visible to a
member of the public in a pub-
lic p[a('e",
"every person who DEPICTS a
person as being under Lhe age
of eighteen years in such a per-
formance (one denner! as porno-
graphic)"
"every person who takes part
as an actor, performer or assis-
tant in ANY CAPACITY in a
performance (that is defined as
pornographic)"
If a play were deemed porno-
graphic hy an energetic prosecutor ,
literall y hund reds of people could be
dragged to court as indirect pornog- .
raphers. If t he jury were not con-
vinced of t. he wor k's artist ic merit,
t hese people face "a term not ex-
ceeding TEN years"!
Here are some chilling scenarios of
t he fu t ure where Rill C-54 has be-
come a part of t he Canadi an Crimi-
nal Code:
Exampl e ) : The Toronto Free
Theater decides t o run a produc-
t i6n of the play "Equus" (a play
which depicts , in one scene, a nude
encounter involving a person under
eighteen) is closed due to charges
of "depicting a person a.o; being un-
der the age of eighteen in a (porno-
graphic) performance". The direc-
tor , actors, s t age crew, t icket sellers
and theater owner are all charged .
Months later, all those charged are
acquit.ted using the defence of "artis-
tic merit" . The theater, however ,
cannot cover the enormolls legal fees
and declares bankruptcy.
Is this a nightmare or could such
a scenario possibly take place? Ac-
cording to the Hon. Ray Hnatyshyn,
"artistic items are not covered by
the legislation", and thus will not
be charged. This guarantee, how-
ever, is dependent on the prosecu-
tor, NOT THE LAW. The pledge to
prosecute only those who side-step
January 29, 1988
artistic, medical or scientific mer it
may not hold for future administ r a-
tions. After being charged, the bur-
den of proof lies SOLELY on the
shoulders of the ar tist (a burden of
money, time and emot ional trauma).
Example 2: The movie and book
"A Clockwork Orange" clearly de-
picts graphic scenes of sexual vio-
lence including a person under the
age of eighteen. Although gener-
all y acknowledged as a book (and
movie) of artist ic merit, legal proof
would be required to ENSURE that
a theater or book store would not
be charged for displaying t.he work.
To protect t hemselves from prose-
cution, t heaters and bookstores are
forced to censor the wor k.
Example 3: T he Art Gall ery of
Ontario recently stated that if Bi ll
C-54 is passed, it would be forced
to place "opaque wrappers or promi-
nent warning notices" around art-
works which fall wit hin the defi lli-
tion of pornography or erot ica, or re-
move t hem entirely from public dis-
play.
Example 4: The Canaoian Li-
brary Association warned t. hat li-
braries wOllld be requi red to set up
"adul t only" sect ions to avoid pros-
ecuti on. To prevent accident al di s-
t ri bu Lion t.o minors, identificat ion
checks would be req uired and library
employees Ilnder eight.een would not
be all owed t o work in these sections
of t.he libr ary.
Hon . R.ay Hnat.yflhyn replied to
this warning by stat ing that the de-
fence of "educational purpose" will
provide adequate protect.ion. Li-
braries across Canada, however, re-
sponded by dosing their doors for
one day in prot est (Dec. 10, 1987) .
Example 5: The H.ecord Peddlar
in Toronto sells a Dead Kennedys'
' record cont aining the song "1 Kill
Children" to a minor. The child's
. parents are shocked by the title and
charge the band members, manager,
record store, record manufacturer,
and distributor. It is proven in court
that the song title, when taken in
. context, is not pornographic. How-
ever , the record store, t.o prevent
further prosec.lIt.ionll , removes all
Dead Kennedys records from their
shelves.
Unfortunat.ely, this scenario has
already been enacted in the United
States where the Dead Kennedys
were charged for the "distribution
of harmful material to minors". It
represented the first case of its kind
in the United States. Although the
case was eventually thrown out of
court, it lasted a year and a half and
cost the band members and record
label over $70,000.
It must be emphasized that it is
the THREAT of prosecution that
makes this bill so dangerous. It
forces the artist to consider his work
for its legality before risking a costly
trial a.nd possible conviction. The
artist, bearing the burden of proof,
is effectively censored BEFORE t.he
fact. As of this writing, Bill C-
54 has reached second reading in
the House of Commons. This bill
ca.n only be defeated by action,
not anger. For more information
on figbting Bill C-54 contact Max
through the Engineering Society. To
voice your opinion, letters should be
addressed to:
Rt . Hon. Brian Mulroney OR
Hon. Ray Hnatyshyn Langevin
Block House of Commons Ottawa,
ON KIA OA6
NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED
(mail to government officials is sent
free of charge by Canada Post).

January 29, 1988
Iron Warrior
11
In the Right
by Meir and IKE
This article is for every free
breathing, justice loving, individual
who is tired of reading the leftist
views of the Imprint.
"We will bury you" . . . sound
familiar? Well the Russians are not
saying it any more, they ' re doing it .
The Gorbachev's, Mr and Mrs., are
beating us at our own PR games .
The man shows up in t.he U.S. and
all of a sudden he's a nat.ional hero?l
So he came to the U.S. What asacri-
ficel V.I.P. treatment, first class ac-
commodations, salina, jacuzzi, and
dinner at the White I-louse. I ' m
sure he would have preferrpd to havp
been vacationing in balmy Siberia
(which is where you will find most
Soviet freedom lovers) . So he signed
an agreement . Big deal. He was act-
ing in t.he interests of his imperial-
ist.ic country. He spoke eloquent ly
bu t words do not allev iat.e Sll ffer-
ing or restore freedom. Action is
Changes are needeu. He
looked good. So does my grand-
mother, but she is not responsible
for dest.roying little Afghan farm-
ing villages and then blowing up
the underground bombshelt.er where
t.he village's inhabitant.s are seeking
safety.
But he gave a press conference
and spoke for an hour . Ilow Opf'll,
how enlightening, how disgust.ing'
1 sa I, I,h rou gh t.hat, ent,i re spp("ch
and heard him commit to nothing
but the condemnation of freedom'
and just.ice wherever it. may rear it.s
ugly head. And if all that weren 't.
enough, he brought his wife (if you
can call her that.) along to a.id in his
mission to plant. the festering seeds
of unrest. Every appearance with
t.he First Lady became occasion for
debat.e. Nancy 's casual comment
"ls our country not beautiful?" diu
lIOt. deserve the tart" tact less, rude,
abrupt (ie Commull ist) reply : "bll t
would it not. be more so if it were not.
bllilt upon the ga.ping wound of the
oppressed" . As if talin was not the
one who bllilt a country <tt the cost
of 20 million lives . If I were ancy
I would have hauled off and slugg!'d
her one. That wOI\I<i havp put an
end to her subversive innupndo.
Oh , but he mllst be t.rustworthy.
Why? hecause he got. out of his
limo and shook some hands . What
logic! He shakes rny hanu , t.here-
fore he mnst he t.elling t.he t.rut.h.
Trust him? J t,hink not . Would YOll
trust a KG B agent who is the epit-
ome of deceit , guile and brurnma-
gen fact? (Look the word up - you
should know what it means) .
We al l know that. Gorby's ent.irf>
song and dance in the U.S. was just
t hat, a song and dance. lIe made
himself look good anel now President
Reagan will have to return the visit .
Of course we also know t.hat. Gorby
will do everything in his power , in-
r1l1ding walking Ollt of t.alks like he
did in Icelanel , jllst t.o rnakf> Reagan
look ba.d. WlJy? Bf'callse he knows
R.eagan is launching the greatest. ini-
tiat.ive for pf'ace thf' world has evpr
known: The SI.ar Wars Program.
This t.ec.hnology will result in t.he
obsolescpncf' of nuclear weaponry,
t.hereby releasing the Soviet. s\.ran-
gle hold on the genitals of our free
socil'ty. Can one honestly believe
t hat t he Soviet Union is not. work-
ing on such a projec.t for themselves?
The Americans mllst mainta.ill t.heir
technological superiority or we may
.be faced with the day when we all
must call each other "comrade" .
In my undoubt.edly correct. opin-
ion the most prod uct.i ve part of
Gorbachev's visit was his depart.urC'.
We can only hope, howpver , t.hat. as
he left, he did so without pilfering
towels from the hot.els of our allodial
civilization.
Can One Keep Up?
by Dave Hudson
Today engineer are in the busi-
ness of furthering technology in or-
der to mor effici ntly r('spond to
increased public demand. How-
ever, the re ponsibility to addrcs,
the moral, polit.ical, social and en-
vironmental ramifications of the im-
plementation of such advance in
technology is shared by other pro-
fessions, our government. and ulti-
mately all members of society. So
it is to everyone I offer the challenge
to resolve the is ue presented in this
article.
Technology can be transferred
from generation to generation virt.u-
ally unscathed as it changes hands
from the old to the young. Through
a conditioning of sorts our children
will become quite comfortable grow-
ing up in an environment comprised
of t.he latest technology of our cur-
rent generation - as we did. They
will grasp the current level of tech-
nology and develop it far beyond our
comprehension. Our current. per-
ception of technological boundarirs
and limitations will certainly be the
target. of humour in generat,ions to
come. My concern deals with soci-
et.al evolution towards a more pro-
nounced misalignment bet.ween the
state of technology and our youths'
capacity to use it wisely.
Wisdom affords you the opportu-
nit.y to improve t.he quality of your
decisions based on a more maturely
developed sense of morality. Un-
like technology, wisdom cannot be
passed on in such a tip-ta-tail fash-
ion for the acquisition of wisdom
relies heavily on t.he anllmulation
of experiences which necessarily re-
quires the passage of time. This
suggest.s t.hat. although advances in
technology can be t.raced through
t.he centuries, wisdom ca.nnot for it
is IInique 1.0 the individua.l rather
than the era. . Our children will un-
doubtedly be slIit.ably equipped wit-h
the analyt,ic al tool b('I1,s rf'quired
t.o deal wit.h tomorrows technologi-
nil challf'ngf's .. . but how ca.n we prf'-
vent OUl' fut.ure generat.ion's young
from becoming increasingly armed
and dangerous as we bestow upon
them t,he power o( ollr latest technol-
ogy befor(' t.hey've had the chance
to develop the wherewithal t.o ex-
ercise proper judgenlent.. Aut,omo-
biles may symbolize t.lle reality of
today's menace but what. could pos-
sibly pose a more severe threat in
years t,o come? More powerful cars?
Private space vehicles? Wrong. You
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12 Iron Warrior January 29, 1988
Student
Advisory Council
by Jon Debling
The first Student Advisory Coun-
ci l (S.A.C.) meeting for Winter
1988, was held on January 12/88 in
Needles Hall. S.A.C. consists of stu-
dents representing various faculties,
and acts as a Iiason between co-op
students and the Department of Co-
operative Education and Career Ser-
vices (C.E.C.S.). S.A.C. regularly
meets with C.E.C.S. to express sLu-
dent concerns and provide input into
the decision making governing co-
operative education.
Fall Placement
Placement of Engineering stu-
dents was outstanding with essen-
tially all of approximately 1200 engi-
neers placed (only 2 were not). First
rOllnd placement of engineers was 86
%, exceeding the Faculty of Mathe-
matics for the first time.
Co-op Questionnairf's
Responses to the "Co-op" ques-
tionnaires compiled by S.A.C. last
term identified several common con-
cerns that co-op students had.
These included :
.
boards are too crowded
lack of accuracy in job descrip-
tions
co-op fees ' increase not well re-
ceived or perceived
These and other issues are being
addressed by S.A.C. and C.E.C.S.
this term. Currenlly C.E.C.S. is
working on computerizing the intf' r-
view process, which would rectify
many problems.
Unwant Ads
Last term S.A.C. developed and
implemented a "Student Workterm
SlImmary" form, similar to the Un-
want Ads rlln ny tbc So-
ciety. These forms, given to aU stu-
dents during "Return to Campus"
interviews, are filed in the Career
Informal,ion Centre for reference.
Several terms ago, the Engineer-
ing Society introduced the Unwant
Ads, a comprehensive file contain-
ing student work term evaluations.
!Juring the first f(,w weeks of the
sc:hool term, Engineering stlldents
are asked to complete a form about
their most recent worktcrm, describ-
ing their job, types of projects and
responsibility given, etc. These
forms filed in the Orifice, a.nd pro-
vide students with a more in depth
look at perspective employers during
interviews and job rankings .
With the initiation of the "St u-
dE"nL Workterm Summary" program,
rtmning a separa.t.e program sll ch as
the Unwant Ads has become unec-
essary. As such, the S.A.C. Engi-
neering reprE"sentatives are working
to merge t,he two programs. Several
concerns have bE"('n exprC'ssed, and
mllst be addressed nefore the Un-
want Ads are dispanded. SOBle in-
clude :
Anyone (including employers)
would have access to the forms
if they are kept in the Career
Information Centre, jeopardiz-
ing confidentiality.
The n1lmoer of studC'nts that
actllally fill out the forms would
probanly decrease considering
anov(' .
StlJdents are likely to be more
reserved and less open when
completing the form, if they feel
employers can read them.
The current S.A.C. form is gen-
eral for all co-op students, some
sections are quite confusing and
others are irrelevent to engi-
neering, and therefore should
be modified.
It is expected that the desired
changes will be made by next t.erm,
whereas the Unwant Ad would be
dissapated in favour of the "Student
Work term Summary" program to be
co-ordinated by S.A.C ..
Concrete
This term the Unwant Ads were
distributed during the week of Jan
18. In attempt to begin building
a base of engineering co-op jobs,
copies may be given to the Career
Information Centre. The last ques-
tion on the Unwaut Ads form specifi-
cally asks if you object to hav ing this
information available to C.I.C. Un-
der no circumstances will your form
be copied or passed to the C.I.C. if
you indicate an objection to this.
H you have any concerns or
comments regarding co-op, drop a
note in our S.A.C. mailbox in the
Orifice. Your S.A.C. Engineer-
ing reps this term are Barb Adey,
R.oger Bertschmann, Jon Debling
and Derek Van Dalen.
Toboggan?
by Lars Olthafer
Who, you might ask , would wlsh
to hurl themselves over precipices
of ice and SIlOW barely hanging on
to a 250 pound mass of concrE"te
and steeJ? Well, from deep within
the bowels of these hallowed halls
of higher learning has been regmgi-
tated a marauding mob of aspiring
civil engineers who start salivating
at mere mention of the opportunity.
They number 32 in all, forming f611U'-_-'-';
six-man teams and an octet of strag-
glers.
Engineering,
on EngBali
Drama Collaborate
Let us now dispel any misconcep-
tions concerning this event which
may linger in your minds. This
years festivities will be hosted by the
venerable engineers of UBC. Thus
we are to deliver ourselves to the
friendly confines of VancollvE"r on
the 25th of February in anticipation
of two days of grueling c:ompetition.
by Shayne Smith
During the past sevNal
the Eng Ball Commit.tee has lI1et
to discuss plans for the year's most
exciting eVflnt; the 1988
ing Society Ball, to be held March
12, 1988 at the Waterloo Inn . The
theme for the ball is that, of a broad-
way show entitled "Give my Regards
to Ring Road", and will be accom-
panied by all the the flash and glitter
deserving of a real Broadway hit . If
the current plans for this event are
any indication, the evening promises
to be an incredible party!
An on going collaborative involve-
ment between the University of Wa-
terloo Drama Department and our
own Eng Ball Committee is fE"SpOn-
sible for much of the current con-
cept, the is expected to result in the
most impressive and exciting Ball
ever.
In October 1987, members of
the Drama Department were ap-
proached to assist in the general or-
ganization and planning stages of
the Ball with the hope that their in-
volvement in the venture could fur-
ther enhance our use of the broad-
way theme, and possibly reduce pro-
duction costs.
Al Anderson, the Technical Di-
rector for the Drama Department,
and several of his student assistants
and associates, immediately agreed
to help. In t.he midst of an impossi -
bly busy schedule, AI has been fan-
tastic and has since provided expE"rt
advice on lighting effects, decorat.ion
ideas and theme. Further discus-
sions have also resulted in the par-
ticipation of drama students, who
are currently planning a short (1/2
hour) song and danc:t> presentation
to be featured at the Ball.
In addition to contributing to the
sur.cess of the Ball , t.his co-operative
endeavour between the two facult.ies
is quite unique in its attempt to dis-
solve the barrier which serves to sep-
arate the respective stuJent bodies.
Al Anderson hopes, as does the Eng
Ball Committee, that this example
will serve to encourage engineers to
acquaint themselves with the activ-
ities of the Drama Department, and
vice versa. It has become apparent
that the gap between Arts and Engi-
neering is often an ill-perceived dis-
tance, it is only a short walk across
campus.
Anyone interested in helping with
the Ball should contact Shayne
Smit,h, Steve Pallen, or Kat.hy Lanza
in the Eng Soc Orifice. Watch for
upcoming advertisements. Tickets
go on sale February 15th, 1988.
At stake are the honours in such
categories as: best braking per-
formance, highest speed, best uni-
forms, overall design and most im-
portantly spirit,. better known as
debauchery. Waterloo has domi-
nated this last category in past years
(Something to be proud of?) and
this years representatives will en-
deavour to maintain the strangle-
hold over the competition.
As you may have guessed, the to-
boggan's running surface must con-
sist of concrete. This years entries
boast a variety of designs and are
currently approaching completion.
These will be displayed for your
scrutiny in the near future. Mean-
while, corporate sponsorship contin-
ues to trickle in. Alas, this com-
bined with the 300 dollar commit-
ment by each of the participants is
not enough to send yoor Johnny
on his way to Vancouver and back.
Therefore your continued support
of our various fundraising activities
will be much appreciated. And if
we win the whole spiel, next years
class gets to the competition
right here in Waterloo. Guffaw,
herumph!!
January 29, 1988
Iron Warrior
C&D Question
Five years from now yon r prnploypr t f'lIs Y01l t.hat YOlJ t.hat. you mw;! takE' a
onE' year temporary ass ignment i!l one of t.he followillg plan>s:
a) Antarctic rf's('arch station
b) Libya (for an ('spionagp (\$ ignrnenl)
c) Sud bu r y (to be a mi ning fo rpman)
"Lybia, because l want to elimi-
nat. e Kadati. "
Jeff Murdock 3B Syst, pms Dpsign
"Antarct.i c, because it would hI'
advent.urous and fun. "
Steven Ng 313 El ec t.ri cal
"Sudbury; Sex i$ 10 t.imes morE'
fr equent in Sudbury. Wait., wait., is
that sex wi t h gir'ls?"
Chibooki 4B
"Antarctic: , because r don ' t. like
the S1l n."
Glen Amos 33 Syst.pms D('sign'
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Ms. Mecby Rumour Has it

by Ms. Mechy
In an effort to apppal t.o a wider
audience the "iron Warrior" now
offers advice to women across our
great campus! What, you may won-
der, could Ms. Mechey havE' to of-
fer these worllen? Well, llavillg co-
habitated with 9 male engineers, I
am here to offer insight into the
plummer's mind!
Well girls, here goes ...
How Much is Too Much?
Dear Ms. Mechey:
My name is Tiffany and I'm RN'-
ing Joe, we're both ill I R. I con-
sider myself to be an open-rninde<.1
woman, especially sexually. So when
Joe asked me to wear hi s hard-hat. to
bed J agreed. .
But now he's going 1.00 far , he
wants to wear his work boots 1.0 bed!
What shollld J do?
No steel toeR.
Dear NST:
It 's very difficult to find someone
who wallts all the same things in life
that you do and vise vPrsa. The kf>y
to any successful relationship is to
compromise. I suggest you only I('t
him wear one boot to hed.
The Best Way to a
Man's Heart ...
Dear Ms. Mechey:
I am a st udent in IIwroam<'Ti can
St,udies. I've heen dat.ing .lim for
three weeks! I think 11<"1'> !;wdl. I
wanted t.o do somet. hi ng r(,ally SP<'-
cial to impresfl him.
1 decided to invit.e' .Jim QV('T
for a romantic gOIJ rrnc't. JrI(>(\1. I
hought. caviar for our itppef,i7,N. I
made fr ench onion sou p. For t.he
main course I made v('al rib roMt
marflala with rice and st,e'amf'd v('g-
etables. For dessert I made choco-
late mousse.

PRESCRIPTIONS
Wp sat down to dinner and Jim
proceeded to ask if I really expecLed
him to eat the caviar. He then ate
the soup with his hands becallse it
was t.oo glley. Aefore T even brought
out the main course he suggested [
gpt, dresspcl and we go Ollt t,o "St,an-
ley's" for some real food 1! r
The eVl'ning was a disaster! Do
YOIl have any dinll<'T sllggC'sLions for
t,he /1C'xt Lirrie?
Left Over.
DE'(lr Left, Over:
Next tirne invite Jim over for SlIn-
day brunch, say about, I pm. Make
sure there's a foot.hall game on. You
can eat at the coffee table while you
watch t.he game. Buy a 2-1 of "Ex-
port", order a large delllxe pizza and
enjoy the game I'm sure Jim wi ll!
P.S.: If you really want to impress
hinl , Lpll him hE' can bring a few of
tllis buddies along. Cootl luck!
I got out. my cryst.al wine glasses,
my linen t,ablecloLh alld my can-
dies . I pilI. on my n('w mail-order
"Cosmo" tlrE'ss. J i III was d lJe to a.r-
rivp at any t.ime and I cou l<.1 hardly
wait!!
He carne a hl:llf an hour lat,pr , with
a boUle of Chateau Waterloo (v in-
tage 1988) in one hand and a bou-
quet of geranillms in the ot.her .
"Hi Jim." "lIello Suzie! You look
great, but maybe you shou ld put
some c1ul.hes on."
by Karen K. Hubbard
If you Drink, Don't
Throw Darts
Due to a near fatal accident at a
boatracing practice on Janllary fif-
teenth, darts will not be allowed at
the Engineering Weekend nautical
event. The 3B Systems student who
threw the dart which embeded itself
in his classmates left ankle spoke to
this reporter on the condition that
he remain nameless: "I really was
aiming for the dart board, but I
guess J couldn't, keep my eyes on it .
I still don't understand it though,
'calise I definitely wasn't lookin g at
her ankles!"
Dean Victim of Psychology
Experiment
Our very own Dean Lennox nearly
missed t he opening of the Profes-
sional Awareness ConfE'rence, as he
desperately tried to !lnd his way
through the maze of Hagey Hall-
ways. Luckily a n engineering stu-
dent on her way t.o the Humanities
Theatre discovered the Dean was
lost when he said: " I don't, know
where I'm going." She kindly es-
corted Bill to the event.
Funny, Until Someone
Gets it in the Eye
Rita and Marg, the charming
C&D cashiers WE're involved in a ter-
rible row during which bagels, jelly
filled doughnuts, and tossed salads
were thrown about the place. It
seems the two ladies were competing
for the attentions of a-certain good
looking customer when the food
fight broke out. TIle mild mannE'red
gentleman , who came in to buy a
tea, was seen leaving the C&D cov-
ered in cream cheese, vowing to re-
turn with a bill for the Engineering
Society. Meanwhile, scores of inno-
CE'nt bystanders lE'n, t.he scene carry-
ing damagpd food products in t heir
hands and on their heads. Eng. Soc.
Treasmer Barbara Adey later stat ed
her official position on t he mat.ter :
"That guy won 't see a penny from
us . You wear it, you pay for it. Be-
si des, If I had been working at the
cash, I would have done the same
thing."
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Waterloo Chapter
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Beer, Court Rules
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son who lives in Canada and not a
12-ounce bottle of beer, the Federal
Court of Appeal has ruled.
The court refused to let Molson
Companies Ltd. register the word
Canadian as a trademark for one
of its most popular brands of beer,
Southam News reports . Last month,
the court ruled that the company
could not register its Golden brand,
since golden is a colour and an adjec-
tive which could describe any beer.
Fortunately, in a motion put for-
ward and seconded by Wedge, this
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